Rubio to headline Tampa fundraiser

Sen. Marco Rubio is throwing a high-dollar fundraiser on the first night of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.

The event, which has been dubbed the “Paint the Senate Red Fundraising Bash,” is set for Monday, Aug. 27, from 9 p.m. to midnight at The Cube and will benefit the Rubio/Reclaim America Joint Committee.

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The invitation is one of the first circulating on K Street for the GOP convention, which brings many of the party’s largest donors into one place for at least four days.

Organizers have created four contribution tiers based on famous artists. The so-called “Michelangelo” level asks donors to raise $20,000. In exchange, they receive a private dinner, backstage reception, and a photo-op with the Florida Republican. “Monet” contributors are asked to pony up $10,000 per couple for access to the backstage reception and photo-op with Rubio while “Warhol” donors are $5,000 per couple and are able to attend just the reception. The “Britto” level asks donors to contribute $1,000 for general admittance to the event.

Campaign contributions will go to Rubio’s Senate campaign committee and his leadership political action committee Reclaim America PAC. The joint committee, which Rubio filed the paperwork for in late April, had raised $41,000 as of the end of July, according to the Federal Election Committee.